Charles Parker Company design catalogues and historical information - household and interior design items

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Charles Parker Co. lamps


Above, illustrations of two lamps by Charles Parker Co. in the July 1895 issue of Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. For more information, see the entry listed below.


"MERIDEN CURTAIN FIXTURE CO. (THE)
Established 1869. President, Charles Parker; Secretary and Treasurer, Dexter W. Parker; Manufacturers of Shade Cloths, Shade Rollers (Patent Central Bore) and Shade Fringes. 440 Broad St."

"PARKER, CHARLES CO. (THE)
Charles Parker, President; C. E. Parker [1], Vice-President; W. H. Lyon, Secretary. Manufacturers of The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Blinds, Hinges, etc. New York Office, 97 Chambers Street."

"PARKER & WHIPPLE CO. Clock Manufacturers."

— D.H. Hurd & Co. (1893). "Meriden Curtain Fixture Co." (including building illustration), "The Charles Parker Company", and "Parker & Whipple Co.", (pp. 211-12). In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations. (See entry details below.)




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1830s

Various newspapers, magazines and other sources

(c. 1832-). Various newspapers, magazines and other sources - search engines. (Updated 25 April 2019. C01257).

1837 - patent - mill for grinding bark, corn, etc.

Charles Parker. (25 November 1837). Letters patent no. 484: Mill for grinding bark, corn, etc. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02687).


1840s

1849 - historical information

Perkins, G.W. (1849). Historical sketches of Meriden. Franklin E. Hinman: West Meriden. 117 pp. ("On pp. 115-17, "Manufactures in Meriden in 1849" are listed, including Charles Parker.) (Viewed 11 June 2016. A00779-80.)


1850s

1851 - price list

Charles Parker Company. (1851). Price list of articles manufactured by Charles Parker, Meriden, Conn. 35 pp. (Viewed 16 July 2017. A02769.)

1855 - patent - mill for grinding coffee

C. W. van Vliet, assignor to Charles Parker. (20 November 1855). Letters patent no. 13,837: Mill for grinding coffee. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA001256).

1856 - map

(1856). Map of New Haven County, Connecticut [with marking C. Parker Union Works; Ch. Parker Spoon Factory (Yalesville) and Parker & Perkins (East Meriden) (possibly related)]. H & C. T. Smith: Philadelphia. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01632).

1857 - news mention

(29 August 1857). From New York ["... Charles Parker & Co’s extensive factory at Wallingford, was burned yesterday... "]. Albany Morning Express (Albany, New York), unknown page number, col. 4. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01239).

1857 - patent - improved method of making wire-strengthened spoons

William Mix, assignor to Charles Parker. (4 August 1857). Reissue no. 480; original letters patent no. 6413 (1 May 1849): Improved method of making wire-strengthened spoons. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02694).

1858 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (1858). [Hardware and housewares catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01163).



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1860s

1862 - price list

Charles Parker Company. (1862). Price list of articles manufactured by Charles Parker, Meriden, Conn. (coffee mills, hardware, silver-plated flatware, presses.) 86 pp. (Updated 7 May 2017. A01097.)

1864 - design catalogue

Bliven, Mead & Co. (1864). Bliven, Mead & Co.’s illustrated catalogue and price list [including "square lantern, Parker patent"], (p. 401). 499 pp. (Viewed 15 May 2020. H01523-26).

1864 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1864). On "Charles Parker companies", (pp. 754-55). In A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860. Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 1 June 2017. A02568-70.)

1865 - patent - improvement in manufacture of lenses for spectacles

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (26 December 1865). Letters patent no. 51,776: Improvement in manufacture of lenses for spectacles. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02693).

1866 - patent - improvement in the manufacture of spoons

Russell B. Perkins, assignor to himself and Charles Parker. (29 May 1866). Reissue no. 2258; original letters patent no. 34,864 (1 April 1862): Improvement in the manufacture of spoons. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02692).

1867 - patent - improvement in machines for forming spectacle-frames

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (25 June 1867). Letters patent no. 65,998: Improvement in machines for forming spectacle-frames. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02667).

1868 - historical information

Bishop, J. Leander. (1868). "Manufactures in Meriden", (includes details about Charles Parker companies), (pp. 424-26). In A history of American manufactures from 1608-1860, (3rd edition, revised and enlarged). 643 pp. Philadelphia: Edward Young & Co. (Viewed 15 June 2016. A00816-18.)

1868 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 September 1868). Advertisement: "Charles Parker, Manufacturer of all kinds of Domestic Hardware, Britannia Spoons, Plated and Britannia Ware, Plated Spectacles, Spectacle Cases, Tobacco Boxes... Office and Sample Room, 27 Beckman street, New York... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01074).


1868 patents

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1868 - patent - match-safe

Hiram Richmond, assignor to Charles Parker. (6 October 1868). Letters patent no. 82,752: Match-safe. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02597).

1868 - patent - improvement in eye-glasses

George N. Cummings, assignor to Charles Parker. (31 March 1868). Reissue no. 2908; original letters patent no. 67,176 [sic, 67,167] (30 July 1867): Improvement in eye-glasses. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02690).

1868 - patent - improvement in coffee-mills

Charles Parker and Edmund Parker, assignors to Charles Parker. (5 May 1868). Letters patent no. 77,649: Improvement in coffee-mills. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02691).



1869 - design catalogue

Parker & Casper, Co. (1869). Illustrated catalogue and price list of silver plated ware. 41 pp. (Updated 28 July 2018. A01069; C00203-03.)

1869 - news mention

(4 March 1869). New England news; Connecticut [with "New Haven County" section and mention of Wilcox Silver Plate Company and Parker & Casper]. Hartford Courant, p. 4. (Viewed 21 October 2018. D00409).

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"The consolidation of the manufacturing companies in Meriden, known as the Parker & Casper Company and the Wilcox Silver Plate company which has been contemplated for some time, has now been effected..." (Excerpt from above.)



1869 advertisements

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1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (26 March 1869). Advertisement: "Manufacturer of all kinds of Domestic Hardware, Britannia Spoons, Plated and Britannia Ware, Plated Spectacles, Spectacle Cases, Tobacco Boxes... Office and Sample Room, 27 Beekman street, New York... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 3. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01093).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 4. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01097).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 4. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01096).

1869 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (2 October 1869). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01095).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01099).

1869 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01099).

1869 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (1 December 1869). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 21 July 2019. C01102).



1869 patents

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1869 - patent - design for a tobacco box

Charles Parker. (6 April 1869). Design no. 3443: Design for a tobacco box. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02689).

1869 - patent - improvements in match-safes

Hiram Richmond, assignor to Charles Parker. (14 September 1869). Letters patent no. 94,775: Improvements in match-safes. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02598).

1869 - patent - improved cracker and grinding-mill

Charles Parker. (21 September 1869). Letters patent no. 95,131: Improved cracker and grinding-mill. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02599).



c. 1869 - design catalogue

Charles Parker. (after 21 September 1869). Illustrated catalogue of domestic hardware, Britannia spoons. (Updated 5 May 2017. A01066.)



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1870s

1870 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1870). Charles Parker’s illustrated catalogue of domestic hardware: Britannia spoons, plated and Britanniaware, plated spectacles, tobacco boxes, &c. Cover of catalogue reprinted in Charles Parker Co. (c. 1945). An account of the past and the present activities of the Charles Parker Company and the Bradley & Hubbard Division, (unnumbered p. 4). 28 pp. unnumbered. Meriden, CT. (Updated 4 May 2017. A00480; AAA00015. DM.)

[also showing illustrations of buildings: machine & gun works, iron spoon works, union works, hinge & scale works, and Britannia & German silver works.]

1870 - historical information

Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. (1870). Charles Parker Company illustrations (pp. 472b, 477, 490b, 494b); The Parker & Caspar Co., coffee mills, and C. & E. Parker brass and iron castings mentions (p. 494). In History of Wallingford, Conn. From its settlement in 1670 to the present time: Including Meriden, which was one of its parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, which was incorporated in 1780. (Also see "Manufactures section": pp. 472-495.) 1086 pp. Meriden: Published by the author. (Viewed 17 November 2016. A00793-94.)


1870 advertisements

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1870 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01108).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01104).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (14 September 1870). Advertisement: "... Wood screws, parallel vises, plated spoons and forks, spectacles, coffee mills... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 6. (Viewed 22 July 2019. C01104).

1870 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01100).

1870 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (5 December 1870). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01099).



1870 patents

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1870 - patent - improvement in spectacles-frames

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (12 April 1870). Letters patent no. 101,820: Improvement in spectacles-frames. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01439).

1870 - patent - match-safe

George Geer, assignor to (3 May 1870). Letters patent no. 102,676: Match-safe. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01441).

1870 - patent - design for spoons

Bennet Jerald, assignor to Charles Parker. (7 June 1870). Design no. 4096: Design for spoons. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02685).

1870 - patent - improved coffee-mill

Thomas W. Brown, assignor to Charles Parker. (19 July 1870). Letters patent no. 105,545: Improved coffee-mill. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02686).

1870 - patent - improvement in process of forming vaccuum in freezing apparatus

Edward S. Boynton, assignor to himself and Charles Parker. (9 August 1870). Letters patent no. 106,251: Improvement in process of forming vaccuum in freezing apparatus. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01440).

1870 - patent - improvement in coffee-mills

Thomas W. Brown, assignor to Charles Parker. (27 September 1870). Reissue no. 4130; original letters patent no. 105,545 (19 July 1870): Improvement in coffee-mills. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02688).



1871 advertisements

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1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 21 November 2020. F01880).

1871 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 July 1871). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 21 November 2020. F01881).

1871 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "Parker patent-capped pivot blind hinge and fastening, for outside blinds to either wood or brick buildings... Charles Parker manufactures Wood Screws, Parallel Vises, Plated Spoons and Forks, Spectacles, Coffee Mills, and quite a variety of other articles in the hardware line... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 24 July 2019. C01124).

1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (6 September 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 23 July 2019. C01110).

1871 - advertisement

Parker Brothers. (5 December 1871). Advertisement: "Parker Brothers, successors to Meriden Manufacturing Company, iron founders and machinists; Manufacturers of Portable Steam Engines, Boilers, Drop, Foot and Screw Presses; We are the sole Manufacturers, and make a specialty of Parker’s Power Presses... Cutlery-Makers.... Breech-Loading Shot-Guns... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 25 July 2019. C01125).



1871 patents

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1871 - patent - design for counter weighing-scales

Pietro Cinquini, assignor to Charles Parker. (9 May 1871). Design no. 4874: Design for counter weighing-scales. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02684).

1871 - patent - improvements in fasteners for meeting-rails of sashes

George M. Hubbard, assignor to Parker & Whipple Company. (31 October 1871). Letters patent no. 120,441: Improvements in fasteners for meeting-rails of sashes. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01214).



1872 - spotlighted article mention - Parker & Whipple in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(20 September 1872). The Agricultural Fair [with mention of "Meritorious Mention... Parker & Whipple, builders’ hardware... "]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-4. (Viewed 11 November 2020. F01835).

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1872 advertisements

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1872 - advertisement

Beard, Savage & Beard, Chicago, IL. (22 April 1872). Advertisement: "... Chas. Parker’s celebrated German Silver Spoons... " [with no illustrations]. Chicago Tribune, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 8 June 2019. F00662-63).

1872 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (19 September 1872). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01872).

1872 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 October 1872). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 25 July 2019. C01126).

1872 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (22 November 1872). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01699).

1872 - advertisement

Chas. Parker. (6 December 1872). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 26 July 2019. C01130).



1872 patents

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1872 - patent - improvement in clothes-hooks

George M. Hubbard, assignor to Parker & Whipple. (13 February 1872). Letters patent no. 123,699: Improvement in clothes-hooks. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01215).

1872 - patent - improvement in spectacle-cases

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (15 October 1872). Letters patent no. 132,246: Improvement in spectacle-cases. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02601).



1873 - advertisement

Chas. Parker. (4 September 1873). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 3 August 2019. H01110).

1873 - patent - improvement in reversible knob-latches

Charles S. Jennings, assignor to Parker & Whipple Company. (8 April 1873; filed 21 March 1873). Letters patent no. 137,685: Improvement in reversible knob-latches. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01444).

1873-1926 - reprinted illustrations

Parker & Whipple Co. / Parker Clock Company. (1873-1926). Various illustrations of clocks. Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 950-57), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00051. DM.)

1874 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1874). [Catalogue, including spectacles]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01163).

1874 - design catalogue page reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1874). Catalogue page (spectacles). Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 894), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

1874 - state business directory listing

(1874). Listing: "Manufacturing Companies ... Parker Whipple Co.", (p. 219). In The Connecticut Business Directory for 1874. Briggs & Co.: Boston. (Viewed 18 October 2020. F01535; F01537).

1874 - court case

(March 1874). “Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut. Meriden Britannia Co. v. Charles Parker”, (pp. 153-62). The American Law Register (1852-1891). (Viewed 2 June 2016. A00602; AAA00022.)

1874 - spotlighted article - Charles Parker acquires mansion of rival after auction

(12 September 1874). The J. Wilcox property. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 28 November 2020. F01943). [1]

"This beautiful mansion, which was sold to Wm. L. Bradley last Wednesday, is about to change hands, Hon. Chas. Parker being the prospective owner. It was stated on the streets this morning that Mr. Parker had purchased the property, and the circulation of the story created quite a stir..." (Excerpt from above.)




For more about the Wilcox-Parker mansion, since demolished, with parlor room on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see the Design Meriden - Jedediah Wilcox mansion, Beechwood Lodge, Meriden, CT resource page. The mansion was acquired in 1874 by Charles Parker. He and his descendents lived in the noted mansion for decades afterwards and held a number of events on site noted in the press.



1874 - spotlighted article mention - Charles Parker Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(25 September 1874). The Fair! Continued and unabated success... the close to-night [Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, with mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 15 November 2020. F01875).

"... Report of the Committee on Manufactures... Here Meriden shows its strength and progress... Among the largest assortments may be first mentioned that shown by the President of this society, Hon. Charles Parker, consisting of his endless list of iron and metal goods... " (Excerpt from above.)


1874 - article mention - Charles Parker Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(23 September 1874). The Fair! The opening day a success [Meriden Agricultural Society Fair, with mention of Chas. Parker Co. exhibiting "plated silver and silver forks knives and spoons, hardware, coffee mills, etc."]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 3-6. (Viewed 15 November 2020. F01874).


1874 advertisements

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1874 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1874). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of American Hardware, Wood Screws... Spoons, Vises, Coffee Mills... Spectacles... Meriden... New York... " [with no illustrations], (advertising section at end of directory, (p. 106). (Search directory for other possible listings.) In The Connecticut Business Directory for 1874. Briggs & Co.: Boston. (Viewed 20 October 2020. F01535; F01552).

1874 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 September 1874). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 5. (Viewed 4 August 2019. H01116).

1874 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (25 September 1874). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 5. (Viewed 14 July 2021. R01508).

1874 - two advertisements

Chas. Parker. (3 December 1874). Advertisements: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican. (Viewed 4 August 2019. H01118-19).



1874 patents

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1874 - patent - improvement in catches for match-boxes

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker. (3 February 1874; filed 7 January 1874). Letters patent no. 147,098: Improvement in catches for match-boxes. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01216).

1874 - patent - improvement in game-tables

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Meriden Curtain-Fixture Company. (3 March 1974; filed 15 January 1874). Letters patent no. 148,174: Improvement in game-tables. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02600).

1874 - patent - design for fire-shovel

August W. Hirschfeld, assignor to Parker & Whipple. (1 September 1874; filed 20 July 1874). Design no. 7737: Design for fire-shovel. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02697).



1875 - missing design catalogue

Parker & Whipple Co. (1875). The little jewel pendulum clock, manufactured by Parker & Whipple Co. Meriden Conn.. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00051.)

1875 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Parker & Whipple Co. (1875). Cover and page from The little jewel pendulum clock, manufactured by Parker & Whipple Co. Meriden Conn. (1875). Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 949), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00051. DM.)

1875 - bird’s eye view map

O.H. Bailey & Co. (1875). City of Meriden, Conn 1875: [birds eye view]. Boston. [1 print; lithograph, 55 x 67 cm]. ["View of Meriden Conn. with fifty-eight public buildings, churches, businesses and factories identified at foot", including "16. The Chas. Parker Works, Hardware & Britannia Ware".] (Viewed 21 May 2020. A00048; A01099; H01632-34).


1875 advertisements

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1875 - advertisement

Parker & Whipple Co. (1 December 1875). Advertisement: "Builders’ Hardware; Door Knobs, Escutcheons, Butts, etc., etc.; The attention of Hardware Dealers, Architects and Builders is called to our BRONZE GOODS... " [with illustration of door knob]. The American Builder: A Journal of Industrial Art, p. 373. (Viewed 11 April 2020. F01120).

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1875 - advertisement

Chas. Parker. (3 December 1875). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 5 August 2019. H01124).



1875 patents

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1875 - patent - improvement in door-bells

Cornelius Coleman, assignor to Parker & Whipple Company. (11 October 1875; filed 28 September 1875). Letters patent no. 168,721: Improvement in door-bells. (Viewed 29 March 2018. AAA01620).

1875 - patent - Improvement in attaching knobs to spindles

Cornelius Coleman, assignor to Parker & Whipple. (2 November 1875; filed 28 September 1875). Letters patent no. 169,421: Improvement in attaching knobs to spindles. (Viewed 29 March 2018. AAA01621).



1876 - book mention - Charles Parker Co. in exhibition

See: (1876). List of awards made by the United States Centennial Commission to the American Exhibitors, International Exhibition, 1876, at Philadelphia. [Listed: Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (President: Charles Parker) (p. 28). The actual award received is not indicated in this text.]. [Exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876.] 134 pp. S. T. Souder & Company: Philadelphia. (Viewed 16 June 2016. A00841-42.)

1876 - book mention - Charles Parker Co. in exhibition

(1877). Souvenir of the Centennial exhibition [1876]: Connecticut’s representation at Philadelphia (exhibition dates: 10 May - 10 November 1876). [Core section: pp 99-111; also see exhibits list: pp. 124-27; exhibitors include Meriden Curtain-Fixture Company, (President: Charles Parker)]. 380 pp. Geo. D. Curtis: Hartford, CT. Viewed 25 June 2016. A00965-75.)


1876 advertisements

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1876 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (21 August 1876). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at [Chas.] Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01671).

1876 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (1 December 1876). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 5 October 2019. H01127).



1876 patents

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1876 - patent - improvement in coffee-mills

Otis J. Range, assignor to Charles Parker. (4 April 1876; filed 9 March 1876). Letters patent no. 175,753: Improvement in coffee-mills. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02683).

1876 - patent - design for coffee-mills covers

Pietro Cinquini, assignor to Charles Parker. (4 April 1876; filed 16 March 1876). Design no. 9189: Design for coffee-mills covers. (Viewed 26 April 2018. AAA02618).



1877 advertisements

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1877 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (7 March 1877). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Charles Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 5 August 2019. H01129).

1877 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (5 September 1877). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker Co.’s Factory" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 5 August 2019. H01128).



1877 - patent - improvement in coffee-mills

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker. (27 February 1877; filed 22 November 1876). Letters patent no. 187,898: Improvement in coffee-mills. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01433).


1878 advertisements

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1878 - text-based advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1 February 1878). Advertisement: If you want a first rate article of Gold Steel or Plated Specacles [sic]; Eye Glasses, call at the Chas. Parker Co’s Factory" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 1. (Viewed 16 July 2019. G00412.)

1878 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 December 1878). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker Co.’s Factory" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 6 August 2019. H01133).



1879 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 October 1879). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker Co.’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 6 August 2019. H01135).

1879 - patent - improvement in the manufacture of spoons

James M. Perkins, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (16 December 1879; filed 12 June 1878). Letters patent no. 222,729: Improvement in the manufacture of spoons. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02681).


1880s

1880 - price list

Charles Parker Company. (1880). Revised price list, Jan. 1, 1880, of coffee mills ... manufactured by the Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn. 1 sheet. (Updated 7 May 2017. A01082.)


1880 advertisements

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1880 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (2 February 1880). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01619).

1880 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (3 March 1880). Advertisement: "Gold Steel or Plated Spectacles..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 1. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00255).

1880 - advertisement

Charles Parker. (24 September 1880). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, or Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker’s Factory, Where you can be suited" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01753).

1880 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (1 December 1880). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate article of Gold, Steel, or Plated Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Call at Chas. Parker Co.’s Factory" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 6. (Viewed 6 August 2019. H01142).



1880 patents

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1880 - patent - match-box

Chauncey Buckley, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (8 June 1880; filed 27 October 1879). Letters patent no. 228,598: Match-box. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01445).

1880 - patent - coffee-mill

Francis Hickman, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (20 July 1880; filed 26 October 1878). Letters patent no. 230,279: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 26 April 2018. AAA02602).

1880 - patent - reversible latch

Charles S. Jennings, assignor to Parker & Whipple. (17 August 1880; filed 22 May 1880). Letters patent no. 231,171: Reversible latch. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02696).

1880 - patent - design for spoon and fork

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (24 August 1880; filed 19 June 1880). Design no. 11,956: Design for spoon and fork. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02616).

1880 - patent - design for spoons and forks

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to . (31 August 1880; filed 27 July 1880). Design no. 11,961: Design for spoons and forks. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02617).

1880 - patent - domestic grinding-mill

Dexter W. Parker and Frank H. Chapman, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (5 October 1880; filed 29 April 1880). Letters patent no. 233,010: Domestic grinding-mill. (Viewed 26 April 2018. AAA02603).



1880-1899 - design catalogue

Chas. Parker Co. (1880-1899). Piano stools, scarfs, music cabinets, etc. 115 pp. (Viewed 7 May 2017. A00752; A00762.)

1881 - directory listing

(1881). Listing: "Meriden Curtain Fixture Co." listed in "Stock companies" section (p. 185) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01513).

1881 - directory listing

(1881). Listing: "Parker & Whipple Co." in "Stock companies" section, (p. 187). [Also listing in business directory, "Hardware Mfrs. ... Parker & Whipple Mfg. Co." (p. 160). Possible other listings in the business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01511; F01514).

1881 - illustrations of buildings

Porter, Wils (lithographer). (1881). Illustrations of Charles Parker Co. Works and Charles Parker residence. In Meriden, Conn. 1881 / From Summit Heights [print (lithograph)]. B. S. Farrow (Publisher). (Object no. 1973.0498.004. Viewed 3 June 2017. A02584-85.)

1881 - news mention

(23 September 1881). The State Fair [with mention: "... Diplomas were awarded to the following named for articles manufactured or displayed by them ... Charles Parker, 2d, carpets... " (at this juncture, others articles show that Charles Parker Co. exhibited vises and guns, but do not mention carpets)]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00570-72).


1881 advertisements

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1881 - advertisement and listing

Charles Parker Co. (1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills; Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel and Oval Slide Vises... Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases, Match Safes, etc... New York... ", (p. 204). [Also listed in "Stock companies" section (p. 186) and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1881; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 12 October 2020. F01486; F01507; F01511).

1881 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 January 1881). Advertisement: "If you want a first rate artcle [sic]; Gold Steel or Plated Spectacles; Eye Glasses, call at the Chas. Parker Co’s Factory... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01203).

1881 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 December 1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 7 August 2019. H01147).

1881 - advertisement

Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (1 December 1881). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of t[he] following lines of Shade Rollers... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 8 August 2019. H01152).



1882 - news mention

(20 December 1882). State news [including mention: "... the Charles Parker company [pays taxes on] $214,310... " Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 29 September 2018. B00584).


1882 advertisements

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1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 March 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01156).

1882 - advertisement

Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (2 March 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of t[he] following lines of Shade Rollers... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01158).

1882 - advertisement

Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (19 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of t[he] following lines of Shade Rollers... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. R01509).

1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (19 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01769).

1882 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (22 September 1882). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles, and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 7. (Viewed 4 November 2020. F01772).



1882 patents

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1882 - patent - coffee-mill

Frank H. Chapman, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (7 February 1882; filed 14 December 1881). Letters patent no. 253,264: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02680).

1882 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Dexter W. Parker. (12 December 1882; filed 8 November 1882). Letters patent no. 269,105: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02619).

1882 - patent - shade-ring clamp

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Chas. Parker Company. (26 December 1882; filed 16 November 1882). Letters patent no. 269,783: Shade-ring clamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02608).



1883 - directory listings

(12 September 1883). Comprehensive directory of the City of Meriden, Conn. [Listings: "Corporations. Manufacturing... The Charles Parker Company, manufacturers of hardware; capital, $500,000... The Parker & Whipple company, manufacturers of clocks; capital, $100,000... Meriden Curtain Fixture Company; capital, $40,000."] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 8. (Viewed 24 October 2020. F01608).

1883 - spotlighted article mention - Parker & Whipple Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(19 September 1883). Governor’s Day. Great number of distinguished visitors. Second day of State Fair... A grand show of exhibits at the Hall [with mention of "Hall exhibits... Parker & Whipple Co. ... show about 150 miniature clocks in several different patterns..."]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 2-6 & p. 3, col. 3. (Viewed 8 November 2020. F01809).


1883 articles

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1883 - article mention - Parker & Whipple Co. in Meriden Town Hall exhibition

(21 September 1883). The State Fair. The closing day and grand success [with mention of Parker & Whipple Co.]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, cols. 2-5. (Viewed 8 November 2020. F01829).

1883 - news mention

(4 October 1883). Court notes [with mention of Parker & Whipple vs. Yale Clock company]. Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00909).



1883 advertisements

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1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1883). Advertisement in Meriden City Directory (1883). (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.) [4]

1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (15 February 1883). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn, Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons". Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 7. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00256).

1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 September 1883). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01641).

1883 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (18, 19 & 21 September 1883). Advertisements: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01810; F01818; F01823).

1883 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (13 November 1883). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons and Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 10 September 2017. G00264).



1883 patents

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1883 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Augustus H. Jones, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (30 January 1883; filed 12 December 1882). Letters patent no. 271,334: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 13 April 2018. AAA02297).

1883 - patent - extension-chandelier

Frank H. Chapman, assignor to Chas. Parker Company. (30 January 1883; filed 7 December 1882). Letters patent no. 271,420: Extension-chandelier. (Viewed 13 April 2018. AAA02298).

1883 - patent - coffee-mill

Otis J. Range, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (20 February 1883; filed 18 November 1882). Letters patent no. 272,584: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02620).

1883 - patent - shade-ring clamp

Ralph A. Wooding, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (6 March 1883; filed 27 January 1883). Letters patent no. 273,420: Shade-ring clamp. (Viewed 13 April 2018. AAA02299).

1883 - patent - extension-chandelier

Dexter W. Parker. (10 April 1883; filed 29 December 1882). Letters patent no. 275,515: Extension-chandelier. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02621).

1883 - patent - clamp for lamp-shades

Lewis F. Griswold and Ralph A. Wooding, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (17 April 1883; filed 8 March 1883). Letters patent no. 276,030: Clamp for lamp-shades. (Viewed 13 April 2018. AAA02300).

1883 - patent - extension-chandelier

Dexter W. Parker. (8 May 1883; filed 2 March 1883). Letters patent no. 277,057: Extension-chandelier. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02622).

1883 - patent - extension-chandelier

Dexter W. Parker. (29 May 1883; filed 13 March 1883). Letters patent no. 278,359: Extension-chandelier. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02623).

1883 - patent - lamp-support

Dexter W. Parker. (5 June 1883; filed 24 November 1882). Letters patent no. 278,729: Lamp-support. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02624).

1883 - patent - design for a weight for extension-lamps

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (5 June 1883; filed 23 April 1883). Design no. 13,968: Design for a weight for extension-lamps. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02625).

1883 - patent - coffee-mill

Frank H. Chapman, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (12 June 1883; filed 26 February 1883). Letters patent no. 279,130: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02551).

1883 - patent - lamp-fount

William G. Leonard, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (17 July 1883; filed 18 May 1883). Letters patent no. 281,531: lamp-fount. (Viewed 13 April 2018. AAA02301).

1883 - patent - extension-fixture for chandeliers

Ralph A. Wooding, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (17 July 1883; filed 29 May 1883). Letters patent no. 281,656: Extension-fixture for chandeliers. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02552).

1883 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (24 July 1883; filed 26 April 1883). Letters patent no. 282,028: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02553).

1883 - patent - extension-fixture for chandeliers

Lewis F. Griswold and Frank H. Chapman, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (7 August 1883; filed 8 June 1883). Letters patent no. 282,628: Extension-fixture for chandeliers. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02554).

1883 - patent - extension library-lamp

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (18 September 1883; filed 14 June 1883). Letters patent no. 285,063: Extension library-lamp. (Viewed 25 April 2018. AAA02555).



1884 - map

(1884). Meriden, Connecticut map, (p. 7 showing "The Parker & Whipple Clock Fac.", presumably today on "West Main Street"). Sanborn Map & Publishing Co. 14 leaves. (Viewed 21 November 2016. A01026; AAA00008.)

1884 - news mention

(9 September 1884). The court record [with mention: "The Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. v. The Charles Parker Co."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 7 October 2018. B00816).


1884 advertisements

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1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 February 1884). Advertisement: "... Meriden Conn. Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises... Britannia Spoons... N. Y. ... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01611).

1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 April 1884). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01179).

1884 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 December 1884). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 9 August 2019. H01168).



1884 patents

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1884 - patent - extension-lamp

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (22 April 1884; filed 16 October 1883). Letters patent no. 297,157: Extension-lamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02609).

1884 - patent - extension-tube for lamps and chandeliers

Frank H. Chapman and Ralph A. Wooding, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (15 July 1884; filed 29 June 1883). Letters patent no. 301,861: Extension-tube for lamps and chandeliers. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02610).

1884 - patent - hall-lamp

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (23 December 1884; filed 12 April 1884). Letters patent no. 309,539: Hall-lamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02611).

1884 - patent - design for a lamp-harp

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (23 December 1884; filed 24 June 1884). Design no. 15,640: Design for a lamp-harp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02626).

1884 - patent - chandelier

Frank H. Chapman, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (30 December 1884; filed 20 March 1884). Letters patent no. 309,818: Chandelier. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02612).

1884 - patent - extension-lamp fixture

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (30 December 1884; filed 30 June 1884). Letters patent no. 310,050: Extension-lamp fixture. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02613).



1885 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 April 1885). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 8. (Viewed 12 August 2019. L01008).


1885 patents

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1885 - patent - suspension device for lamp-shades

Dexter W. Parker. (3 February 1885; filed 5 April 1884). Letters patent no. 311,519: Suspension device for lamp-shades. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02627).

1885 - patent - extension-lamp

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (3 February 1885; filed 14 April 1884). Letters patent no. 311,520: Extension-lamp. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01251).

1885 - patent - clock-case

John L. Rutherford and Allen F. Wood, assignors to Parker & Whipple Company. (19 May 1885; filed 1 October 1883). Letters patent no. 318,435: Clock-case. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02615).



1886 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (1886). [Catalogue, including call bells, hand bells, cutlery, spectacle cases, waffle iron, match safes, door handles, candlesticks, tobacco boxes, tools, screws, boot jacks, letter copying press, scales, locks and keys, and other hardware]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

1886 - design catalogue pages reprint

Charles Parker Co. (1886). Ten catalogue pages showing call bells, hand bells, cutlery, spectacle cases, waffle iron, match safes, door handles, candlesticks, tobacco boxes, tools, screws, boot jacks, letter copying press, scales, locks and keys, and other hardware. Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 889-93; 895-900), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

1886 - advertisement and listing

Charles Parker Co. (1886). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Chandeliers and Library Lamps; Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee / Spice Mills, Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel and Oval Slide Vises... Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases, Match Safes... New York..." [with no illustrations], (p. 293). [Also listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 269), and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01493; F01501).

1886 - directory listings

(1886). Listing: "Clock Manufacturers... The Parker & Whipple Co., west end West Main", (p. 206). [Also listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 269), and see other possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01493; F01502).


1886 advertisements

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1886 - advertisement and listing

Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. (1886). Advertisement: "... Shade Rollers, Cornice Poles... Brass and Other Metal Goods... " [with illustration of roller], (p. 299). [Also, listed in "Stock Companies" section, (p. 267), and see possible listings in business directory.] In Meriden directory for 1886; containing a general directory of its citizens, business directory, street directory, a map.... Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 10 October 2020. F01485; F01498-99).

1886 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (4 February 1886). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Plated Spoons And Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, column 8. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00230).

1886 - advertisement

Howland & Churchill, Boston, MA. (19 June 1886). Advertisement: "... Gas & Oil Fixtures & Lamps... Sole N. E. Agents for The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn; Kerosene Fixtures, Library and Table Lamps, Artistic Bronze Metal Tables, Parlor Ornaments, Umbrella Stands, Fire Goods, etc." [with abstract illustration of chandelier]. The American Architect and Building News, p. XI. (Viewed 16 June 2019. F00969).

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1886 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 December 1886). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St. ..." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01184).



1886 patents

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1886 - patent - extension-lamp

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Chas. Parker Company. (23 February 1886; filed 23 November 1885). Letters patent no. 336,738; serial no. 183,590: Extension-lamp. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01254).

1886 - patent - extension lamp-fixture

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (6 April 1886; filed 2 March 1885). Letters patent no. 339,205; serial no. 157,518: Extension lamp-fixture. (Viewed 17 March 2018. AAA01255).

1886 - patent - calendar-clock

Frank M. Wright and Warren M. Wood, assignors to Parker & Whipple. (14 September 1886; filed 19 February 1886). Letters patent no. 349,025; serial no. 192,525: Calendar-clock. (Viewed 16 March 2018. AAA01213).



1887 articles

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1887 - article mention - predecessor companies

(3 September 1887). Sinking Meriden money; many concerns that once prospered here and died [with mention of Parker Bros., Charles Parker Company, and their predecessor companies]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 23 December 2020. F01985).

"... [former Meriden businesses include] the Meriden Machine company that afterwards became Parker, Snow, Brooks & Co., and now is the Parker Bros.’ Gun shop concern. The Meriden Scale company is another one of the companies that the Charles Parker company absorbed and also the Meriden Sewing Machine company, the Wilmington Lumber company and the American Powder Flask company... Other corporations that once flourished here were ... the Meriden Manufacturing company... " (Excerpt from above.)


1887 - news mention

(21 October 1887). The court record [with mention of Parker & Whipple Company et al. vs. Yale Clock Company]. National Republican (Washington, DC), presumably p. 3, col. 3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00910).



1887 advertisements

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1887 - advertisement and directory listings

Charles Parker Co. (1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Chandeliers, Library & Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Parallel-Swivel, Double-Swivel & Oval Slide Vises... Cabinet Locks, Britannia Spoons... Spectacle Cases... " [with illustration of hanging lamp]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 316). [Also, directory listings on pp. 218 (Brass Goods Mfrs.; Britannia Ware Mfrs.; Bronze Goods Mfrs.), 221 (Chandelier Mfrs.), 223 (Coffee Mills), 234 (Hardware Manufacturers), 236 (Iron Founders; Kerosene Fixture Mfrs.), 251 (Silver Plated Ware Mfrs.; Spoon and Fork Mfrs.); p. 277 (stock company listing).] Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 21 May 2020. H01590; H01595; H01602; H01612; H01617; H01620; H01622-25).

1887 - advertisement and directory listings

Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (1887). Advertisement: "... shades... cornice poles, upholsterers’ hardware, brass and other metal goods " [with illustration of roller]. In Meriden directory for 1887, (p. 323). [Also, directory listings on pp. 224 (Curtain Fixture Mfrs.), 250 (Shade Rollers); p. 278 (stock company listing).] Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 21 May 2020. H01590; H01593-95; H01619).

1887 - directory listings

Parker & Whipple Co. (1887). Directory listings: p. 222 (Clock |Manufacturers); p. 280 (stock company listing).] In Meriden directory for 1887. Price, Lee & Co.: New Haven, CT. (Viewed 21 May 2020. H01590; H01597; H01617).

1887 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 April 1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 1. (Viewed 10 August 2019. H01181).

1887 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 December 1887). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 20 July 2019. C01081).



1887 patents

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1887 - patent - parlor extension-lamp

Dexter W. Parker. (9 August 1887; filed 10 July 1886). Letters patent no. 367,840: Parlor extension-lamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02614).

1887 - patent - suspension device for lamps, etc.

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (25 October 1887; filed 8 April 1887). Letters patent no. 372,260; serial no. 234,128: Suspension device for lamps, etc. (Viewed 15 April 2018. AAA02418).



1888 articles

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1888 - news mention

(14 April 1888). The court record [with mention "The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing company vs. the Charles Parker company..."] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 3. (Viewed 10 October 2018. B00887).

1888 - news mention

(25 July 1888). The court record [with mention of Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. vs. Charles Parker Co.] Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), presumably p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 7 October 2018. A02754).



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1888 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 January 1888). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 2. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01014).

1888 - two advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (14 & 28 January 1888). Advertisements: "... Manufacturers of Artistic Brass & Bronze Goods; Will this year have a largely increased line of stove ornaments... will be represented at Cincinnati Convention... " [with no illustrations]. The American Artisan. (Viewed 24 December 2021. F00967-68).

  • Offline - 14 January 1888, p. 33; 28 January 1888. p. 36. (See worldcat.org for possible locations.)

1888 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (10 July 1888). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 13 August 2019. L01018).



1888 patents

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1888 - patent - lamp-fixture

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (17 April 1888; filed 8 December 1885). Letters patent no. 381,275: Lamp-fixture. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01442).

1888 - patent - process of ornamenting metallic surfaces

Dexter W. Parker and Lewis F. Griswold, assignors to Charles Parker Company. (8 May 1888; filed 19 July 1886). Letters patent no. 382,661; serial no. 208,396: Process of ornamenting metallic surfaces. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02607).

1888 - patent - locking device in extension-chandeliers

William W. Kilborn, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (29 May 1888; filed 30 November 1887). Letters patent no. 383,815; serial no. 256,496: Locking device in extension-chandeliers. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01443).



1889 - missing booklet accompanying exposition - Charles Parker Co. at Meriden opera house

(1889). Meriden Journal Souvenir [leather-bound booklet containing a list of the manufactories contributing to the exhibition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, 10 October 1889, and other companies in Meriden], 4 pp. (Viewed 13 September 2018. L00763; L00765-68).

"Charles Parker Co., Parker lamps, chandeliers, brass and bronze goods, wood screws, coffee and spice mills, vises, hinges and locks." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are reported to be in the exhibition.)

"Meriden Curtain Fixture Co., curtain fixtures." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are thought not to be in the exhibition.)

"Parker & Whipple, clocks." (Excerpt in full from article above; the company’s designs are thought not to be in the exhibition.)


1889 - spotlighted article mention

(29 June 1889). Meriden’s industries, their prosperous condition to-day... This in Meriden’s brief history; Introduction (with section on The Parker Factories ["... Parker lamps... vises... Parker Bros.’ Gun shop..."],) Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1 & 4. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01597; F01618).

"The factories in Meriden bearing the name of Parker produce a more varied line of goods than any other varied line of goods than any other establishment in the city... the famous Parker lamps... brass goods of all descriptions... vises... spoon shop... the celebrated Parker Bros.’ Gun shop... In Yalesville... coffee mills... In all 800 skilled workmen are employed... Goods are exported to South America, Australia and Mexico..." (Excerpt from above.)


1889 - spotlighted news mention, Charles Parker Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition

(10 October 1889). Americans in Meriden: Visit of the International American Congress [including section on Charles Parker Co. exhibited wares]. Meriden Daily Republican, pp. 1-2. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00751-59).

"The Charles Parker Company exhibited some fine specimens in their line, consisting of piano, banquet and table lamps; chairs with upholstered seats, divans, floor cabinets, hall racks, easels, music racks, piano stools, umbrella stools, umbrella stands, oak jewel box trimmed with brass or oxidized silver, brass pedestals, etc. The hardware display was a feature, iron vises, coffee mills, spoons, cabinet locks and wood screws making it up." (Excerpt from above.)



1889 - other articles

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1889 - news mention - in Meriden opera house exposition

(10 October 1889). Our guests: Honored visitors here to-day [including section describing exhibited Charles Parker Company wares including "a line of brass goods, including a lounge, a chair and a complete line of table and piano lamps", coffee mills and spoons]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 15 September 2018. L00769-83).

1889 - article, Charles Parker Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). Compliments for Meriden: What outsiders say about her enterprise [with excerpts from Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, New York Herald, and New York Tribune. No specific Charles Parker Co. mention]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00747-50).

1889 - news mention - Meriden opera house exhibition

(11 October 1889). The show photographed: Fine pictures of the Opera House exhibit made. ["The best of them will be forwarded to Frank Leslie’s paper— what the state and New York press has to say about Meriden", with excerpts from Hartford Courant, Hartford Times, New Haven Register, New York Herald, New York Tribune, Waterbury Republican, with no specific mention of Charles Parker Co.] Meriden Daily Journal, p. 1. (Viewed 14 September 2018. L00785-89).

1889 - news mention, Charles Parker Co. in Meriden opera house exhibition

(November 1889). Trade gossip (including paragraph about exposition at the Delavan Opera House, Meriden, including mention of Charles Parker Co., and attendance by the American International Congress). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review, p. 113. (Viewed 9 September 2018. L00760-61.)



1889 advertisements

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1889 - advertisement reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1889). Advertisement: “The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Space Mills, Vises, Blind Hinges, Cabinet Locks, Etc.”. In (1889) Meriden City Directory. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 919), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038. DM.)

1889 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (29 June 1889). Advertisement: "... Manufacturer of Cabinet Locks... Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Spoons and Forks... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 21 October 2020. F01618).

1889 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 December 1889). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 7. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01192).



1889 patents

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1889 - patent - extension-fixture for lamps, etc.

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (16 April 1889; filed 13 September 1888). Letters patent no. 401,347; serial no. 285,286: Extension-fixture for lamps, etc. (Viewed 15 April 2018. AAA02419).

1889 - patent - lamp

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (16 April 1889; filed 24 April 1888). Letters patent no. 401,583; serial no. 271,712: Lamp. (Viewed 15 April 2018. AAA02420).

1889 - patent - chandelier

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (23 April 1889; filed 13 September 1888). Letters patent no. 402,077; serial no. 285,287: Chandelier. (Viewed 15 April 2018. AAA02421).

1889 - patent - suspension device for hanging lamps

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (29 October 1889; filed 9 May 1889). Letters patent no. 413,780; serial no. 310,119: Suspension device for hanging lamps. (Viewed 15 April 2018. AAA02422).




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1890 advertisements

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1890 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (9 April 1890). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chamber[s] St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 14 August 2019. L01035).

1890 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (15 August 1890). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 9 July 2021. F01638).

1890 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 December 1890). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 4, col. 1. (Viewed 11 August 2019. H01196).



1890 patents

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1890 - patent - extension device for lamp-fixtures

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (4 February 1890; filed 31 May 1889). Letters patent no. 420,875; serial no. 312,737: Extension device for lamp-fixtures. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01435).

1890 - patent - extension-fixture for lamps, etc.

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (18 March 1890; filed 13 July 1889). Reissued letters patent no. 11,067; serial no. 317,471; original letters patent no. 401,347 (16 April 1889): Extension-fixture for lamps, etc. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02668).

1890 - patent - cigar-box

Dexter W. Parker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (22 April 1890; filed 29 January 1890). Letters patent no. 426,309; serial no. 338,501: Cigar-box. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01436).

1890 - patent - stop-hinge

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (1 July 1890; filed 4 March 1890). Letters patent no. 431,459; serial no. 342,630: Stop-hinge. (Viewed 22 March 2018. AAA01437).

1890 - patent - spring-roller

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (11 November 1890; filed 10 July 1889). Letters patent no. 440,428; serial no. 317,069: Spring-roller. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02628).



1891 - historical information

(1891). On "The Charles Parker Company", (p. 159 and promotional illustration of wares). In Connecticut of to-day: Its chief business centres. Acme Publishing and Engraving: New York. (Viewed 3 March 2017. A01543; A01553-54.)

1891 - spotlighted article

(2 September 1891). Meriden Curtain Fixture; Red Letter Day in the Co’s History. ["Tuesday marked the beginning of a new era in the manufacture of window shades in this city— the concern now practically controls the business."] Meriden Daily Republican, p. 1, col. 4. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01046-49).


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1891 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (2 January 1891). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturer of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Spoons and Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican 2 January 1891, p. 4, column 2. (Viewed 11 September 2017. G00221).

1891 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 September 1891). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, presumably p. 3, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01042).



1892 advertisements

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1892 - advertisement

Simpson, Crawford & Simpson, New York. (17 January 1892). Advertisement: "... Clearing sales before stock taking... Lamps and Lamp Shades... Parker Lamps... [with no illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 13, col. 7. (Viewed 15 April 2020. D01137-38).

1892 - two advertisements

Parker & Whipple Co. (6 & 13 April 1892). Advertisements: "Electrical results without a battery..." (with three illustrations of clocks). The Jewelers’ Circular and Horological Review. (Viewed 27 September 2017. G00713; G00730.)

1892 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (30 November 1892). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 12 August 2019. H01200).

1892 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (14 December 1892). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 16 August 2019. L01052).

1892 - advertisement reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1892). Advertisement: “The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Space Mills, Vises, Blind Hinges, Cabinet Locks, Etc.”. In (1892) Meriden City Directory. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 920), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038. DM.)



1892 patents

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1892 - patent - spring shade-roller

Judson C. Perkins, assignor to Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. (30 August 1892; filed 13 January 1892). Letters patent no. 481,733; serial no. 417,935: Spring shade-roller. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02629).

1892 - patent - sprindle-tip for spring shade-rollers

Judson C. Perkins and Lewis E. Leigh, assignors to Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. (13 September 1892; filed 13 January 1892). Letters patent no. 482,563; serial no. 417,918: Sprindle-tip for spring shade-rollers. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02630).

1892 - patent - lamp

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (8 November 1892; filed 1 September 1891). Letters patent no. 486,038; serial no. 404,394: Lamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02606).



1893 - Charles Parker Co. in exposition

(1893). World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893, Official catalogue, Part VIII [Listed: Meriden Curtain Fixture Co., (President: Charles Parker) (p. 23).] [Exhibition dates: 1 May - 30 October 1893, Chicago.] W. B. Conkey Company: Chicago. (Viewed 4 August 2016. A00850-56.)

1893 - Charles Parker Co. in exposition

Also see: (1898). Connecticut at the World’s Fair: Report of the commissioners from Connecticut of the Columbian Exhibition of 1893 at Chicago. [Listed: Meriden Curtain & Fixture Co. (p. 128)]. Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company: Hartford, CT. (Viewed 2 March 2017. A01528-31.)

1893 - historical information

D.H. Hurd & Co. (1893). "Meriden Curtain Fixture Co." (including building illustration), "The Charles Parker Company", and "Parker & Whipple Co.", (pp. 211-12). In Town and city atlas of the State of Connecticut. Compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations. Boston, MA. (See excerpts at top of this webpage. Viewed 2 June 2016. A00749-50; A01137.)

1893 - directory listing

(1893). "Charles Parker Co." and "Meriden Curtain Fixture Co." listings. In The New England business directory and gazetteer, [MCFC: pp. 1415 (Curtain Fixture Manufs.); 1810 (Manufacturing Companies); CPC: p. 1805 (Manufacturing Companies)]. (Sampson, Murdock & Co.: Boston, MA). (Viewed 5 May 2020. H01350-52; H01355-56).


1893 advertisements

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1893 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 April 1893). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 6. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01053).

1893 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 December 1893). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01061).

1893 - advertisement reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1893). Advertisement: “Antique Oak Boxes; With Metal Ornaments and Satin Linings; Over One Hundred Styles To Select From; Specially Designed for Holiday and Wedding Gifts; The Charles Parker Co.; Meriden, Conn.” In (1893) Meriden City Directory. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 944), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00037. DM.)



1893 - patent - machine for making and knotting fringes

Benjamin Arnold, assignor to Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. (5 September 1893; filed 22 December 1892). Letters patent no. 504,316; serial no. 456,020: Machine for making and knotting fringes. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02605).

1894 - historical information

Moore, William F. (1894). On "Charles Parker", (pp. 84-6 with portrait illustration). In Representative men of Connecticut, 1861-1894. Massachusetts Publishing Co.: Everett, MA. (Viewed 28 May 2017. A02458; A02465-67.)


1894 articles

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1894 - news mention, patent

(April 1894). Patent expired mention: "187.898. Coffee-Mills. D. W. Parker, Meriden, Conn., assignor to Chas. Parker, same place. (Filed Nov. 22, 1876)". House Furnishing Review, p. 152. (Viewed 2 October 1895. G01008.)

1894 - news brief

(25 October 1894). News brief: Regarding new oil heaters by Charles Parker Company. Hardware, p. 20. (Viewed 20 September 2017. G00551.)

1894 - news brief

(10 November 1894). News brief: "Prosperity in Meriden" [on upturn of economy; mentions Charles Parker Company and Meriden Britannia Company specifically]. Hardware, p. 24. (Viewed 20 September 2017. G00563.)



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1894 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 March 1894). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 3. (Viewed 17 August 2019. L01065).

1894 - five advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (October-December 1894). Advertisement: "We Can Make It Hot For You..." (with oil heater illustration). Hardware. (Viewed 21 September 2017. G00555; G00565; G00571; G00579; G00582.)

1894 - four advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (November 1894). Advertisements: "We can make it hot for you; The Parker Heater absolutely safe... If you want a heater that is simple in construction, easily operated, and of artistic design, if you want a heater that will HEAT, buy the Parker... New York Salesroom: 97 Chambers St. ... " [with illustration of heater]. American Artisan, Tinner and House Furnisher magazine. (Viewed 23 December 2021. F01153-56).

  • Offline - 3 November, p. 41; 10 November, p. 20; 17 November, p. 7; 24 November, p. 7. (See worldcat.org for possible locations.)

1894 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 December 1894). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks; Gimlet Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Spice Mills, Vises, Hardware... Plated Spoons and Forks... N. Y. Office: 97 Chambers St." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 1. (Viewed 18 August 2019. L01086).



1895 - historical information

Hall, Henry. (1895). “Charles Parker”, owner / manufacturer, Charles Parker Company, including Meriden Curtain Fixture Company, with illustration (pp. 608-10). In America’s successful men of affairs. An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography (vol II). The New York Tribune; 1074 pp. (Viewed 2 June 2016. A00746-48.)


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1895 - article mention

(25 February 1895). Oldest manufacturer [Charles Parker]; he is also the senior farmer of the town and mayor of the city— sketch of a busy life [with illustration / portrait of Charles Parker] [with mentions about the Charles Parker Company, Parker Bros., Meriden Curtain Fixture Co., Parker Clock Co., vises, and his Broad Street mansion and Jedediah Wilcox; additional mention that his company was a stockholder in C. F. Monroe Co., presumably the Meriden Bronze Co., and Wilcox Silver Plate Co.]. Meriden Daily Journal, p. 7, cols. 4-5. (Viewed 23 December 2020. D01504).

1895 - illustration-based article

(July 1895). Artistic hardware [illustration-focused article showing table, parlor and banquet lamp designs by the Charles Parker Company (2), H. L. Judd & Co. (2), Bradley & Hubbard Mfg. Co. (3), Edward Miller & Co. (2)]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, pp. 36-41. (Viewed 30 September 2017. G00963-65.)

1895 - news mention

(12 August 1895). Meriden’s factories [including mention of Meriden Curtain Fixture Company as the 4th largest factory in Meriden; Charles Parker Company as the 6th largest; Charles Parker Spoon shop as the 19th; Parker Clock shop as the 23rd]. The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 3, col. 1. (Viewed 27 September 2018. B00517-18).



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1895 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1 March 1895). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of Cabinet Locks... Vises... Spoons and Forks..." Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, column 1. (Viewed 11 September 2017. G00233).

1895 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (12 December 1895). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 19 August 2019. L01095).



1896 articles

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1896 - news mention

(August 1896). News mention: "An ingenious combination for lighting and heating is embodied in the [Charles] Parker [Company] Portable Heater..." (with illustration). [Mentions catalogue.] House Furnishing Review, p. 296. (Viewed 3 October 2017. G01038.)

1896 - news mention

(November 1896). News mention: "Meriden, Conn., is pluming itself over the boom in manufactures. The Charles Parker Spoon Shop, the silver-plating shops and other industries, which had been running short-handed and half-time, are all now working to their full capacities." House Furnishing Review, p. 417. (Viewed 11 October 2017. G01041.)



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1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 March 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coff[ee] Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Org[an] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 August 2019. L01096).

1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (1 September 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coff[ee] Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Org[an] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun[.] N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. S[t.] Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01204).

1896 - two advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (September-October 1896). Advertisements: "... Lamps, heaters, etc. ..." [with illustrations of heater and lamp]. House Furnishing Review. (Viewed 2 October 2017. G01039-40.)

1896 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (3 December 1896). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01476).

1896 - advertisement reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1896). Advertisement: “The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Space Mills, Vises, Blind Hinges, Cabinet Locks, Etc.”. In (1896) Meriden City Directory. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 920), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038. DM.)



1896-97 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1896-97). [Catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (No copy in a public library known. Viewed 3 October 2017. G01039.)

1897 - missing design brochure

Charles Parker Company. (1897). Portable heater brochure. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.)

1897 - design brochure excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1897). Page from portable heater brochure (1897). Reprinted in The Parker Story (pp. 928), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)


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1897 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (3 March 1897). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 3, col. 7. (Viewed 23 June 2020. L01478).

1897 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (6 April 1897). Advertisement: "Charles Parker Co., Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises... Spoons... The Celebrated Parker Gun.." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 7. (Viewed 9 September 2017. G00246.)

1897 - two advertisements

Chas. Parker Co. (14 & 28 October 1897). Advertisements: "The Parker Heater is unexcelled..." [with illustration]. The Independent... Devoted to the consideration of politics.... (Updated 12 April 2020. F01121-22).

* See worldcat.org for possible locations: 14 October 1897, p. 23; 28 October 1897, p. 31.



1897 patents

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1897 - patent - portable coffee-mill

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (9 March 1897; filed 31 August 1896). Letters patent no. 578,560; serial no. 604,414: Portable coffee-mill. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02631).

1897 - patent - central-draft lamp

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (6 July 1897; filed 27 May 1896). Letters patent no. 586,028; serial no. 593,241: Central-draft lamp. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02604).



c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Charles Parker Co.", "Parker Clock Co.", and "Meriden Curtain Fixture Company", (p. 931, 933). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 9 June 2017. A02626; A02633; A02640.)

c. 1897 - historical information

Davis, William T. (Ed.) (c. 1897). On "Charles Parker" (pp. 1079-80 with illustration). In The New England states, their constitutional, judicial, educational, commercial, professional and industrial history, vol. 2. Boston: D. H. Hurd & Co. (Viewed 1 August 2017. A02626; A02794-95.)


1898 advertisements

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1898 - advertisement

Famous, St. Louis, MO. (21 April 1898). Advertisement: "... a battle of bargains... a unique sale— coffee mills; Chas. Parker Co. — Meriden, Conn. — make coffee mills — their goods are considered the best in the world... " [with at least three relevant abstract illustrations]. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. 8. (Viewed 20 April 2020. F01123).

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1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 September 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Orga[n] Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01232).

1898 - advertisement

The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn. (29 September 1898). Advertisement: Have you seen Parker lamps? That’s what they all ask you. Don’t be the only one not to see them... E. H. Fessenden, Lamp Dep’t, 96 Chambers St., N.Y." [with photo of lamp]. Crockery & Glass Journal, p. 56. (16 June 2019. F00970).

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1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (30 November 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 7. (Viewed 26 June 2020. F01210).

1898 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 December 1898). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Daily Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01495).



1899 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1899). Lamp catalogue (no. 16). [“Index lists 172 lamps and chandeliers, consisting of 36 chandeliers (some with two, three, four or six founts); 33 spring extension library lamps; 14 hall lamps; 58 banquet lamps; 11 piano lamps; 4 bracket lamps; and 16 table lamps.”)] [5] Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.)

1899 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1899). Eight reprinted pages from Lamp catalogue (no. 16) (1899). In The Parker Story (pp. 921-27), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)

1899 - news brief

(20 September 1899). Purchased an island [a Thimble island, near Branford, CT, with mention of former owner, Ralph A. Palmer, cashier at the Charles Parker company and Charles Madeira, new owner, traveling salesman for G. I. Mix & Co.]. Santa Cruz Evening News (California). (Viewed 28 April 2020. H0125


1899 advertisements

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1899 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (6 April 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 25 June 2020. F01205).

1899 - advertisement

Ghas. [sic] Parker Co. (7 September 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of The Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01241).

1899 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (7 December 1899). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01485).



19th c. - 1940 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (19th century-1940s). Various illustrations of Parker coffee mills and grinders. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 972-89), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00050. DM.)


1900s

1900 advertisements

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1900 - advertisement reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1900). Advertisement: “The Parker Lamps, Chandeliers, Library and Parlor Lamps, Artistic Brass and Bronze Goods, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Coffee and Space Mills, Vises, Blind Hinges, Cabinet Locks, Etc.”. In (1900) Meriden City Directory. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 920), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038. DM.)

1900 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (5 April 1900). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 24 June 2020. L01496).

1900 - advertisement

Ghas. [sic] Parker Co. (13 September 1900). Advertisement: "Manufacturers of Hardware, Vises, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Cabinet Locks, Spoons, etc. Lamps and Chandeliers, Piano and Organ Stools, Scarfs, Music Cabinets, Ornamental Boxes. Also Manufacturers of the Celebrated Parker Gun. N. Y. Salesrooms, 97 Chambers. St. Factories: Meriden, Conn." [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 7. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01239).

1900 - advertisement

Golden Rule, St. Paul, MN. (28 October 1900). Advertisement: "... Jewelry Department; Special Sale of Clocks... Nickel Alarm Clocks, fully warranted and kept in repair, made by the Parker Clock Co.... " [with presumably no relevant illustration]. St. Paul Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota), p. 15, col. 5. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01243-44).

1900 - advertisement

Golden Rule, St. Paul, MN. (31 October 1900). Advertisement: "... Parker Clock Company... " [with presumably no relevant illustration]. Minnesota Stats Tidning (Swedish language), p. 5, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 25 April 2020. C01245-46).

1900 - advertisement

Teagarden & Shumate, Austin, TX. (9 December 1900). Advertisement: "Housefurnishings Items... Parker’s coffee mills... " [with no illustration]. Austin Daily Statesman (Texas), p. 1. (Viewed 21 June 2019. F00971).

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c. 1900 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1900). Mills, coffee, drug & spice; The Charles Parker Co.: oldest manufacturers of coffee mills in the United States. 64 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. A01083.)

1901 - map

(1901). Insurance maps of Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut map, (pdf p. 28, Map 26, Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. on Charles Avenue near Parker Avenue; also pdf p. 34, Map 32, Charles Parker Piano Stool Dept). Sanborn-Perris Map & Publishing Co. 51 leaves. (Viewed 22 November 2016. AAA00504-06.)

1901 - news brief

(15 August 1901). Addition to Chas. Parker Co. factory. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, col. 4. (Viewed 14 July 2021. F01645).

"... The new building will be used for Curtain Fixture work and piano stool work... " (Excerpt from above.)


1902 - design catalogue (missing)

Charles Parker Company. (1902). [Catalogue.] Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. Mentioned in House Furnishing Review, January 1903, p.14. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01149.)

1902 - spotlighted article mention - death of Charles Parker

(6 February 1902). Death of Hon. Chas. Parker end came at 1:15 Friday [at his home; with portrait photo, biographical information, and mention of the "Charles Parker company"... "Meriden Curtain Fixture company, the largest manufacturer of shade rollers, curtains and fringes that there is in the United States; the Parker Clock company... "]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 4, cols. 5-6. (17 December 2020. D01601).


1902 - other articles

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1902 - article - Charles Parker obituary

(March 1902). The late Charles Parker [with illustration / portrait of Parker; "Charles Parker, president of the Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., died January 31st... "]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, pp. 399-400. (Viewed 29 August 2020. E01279-80).

1902 - news mention

Meriden, 10 April. (11 April 1902). George W. Lyon dead; Was President of Meriden Malleable Iron Company. ["... He formed the Meriden Malleable Iron company... He leaves two sons, Charles and William H. Lyon, who are identifed with the Charles Parker company of this city."] The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. , col. 6. (Viewed 27 June 2020. F01234).



1902 advertisements

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1902 - text-based advertisement

Robinson, the jeweler, presumably Berea, Kentucky. (23 January 1902). Text-based advertisement: "Robinson, the jeweler, has in a new supply of Parker clocks." The Citizen (Berea, Kentucky), p. 4, col. 2. (Viewed 30 April 2020. H01283).

1902 - two advertisements

Barr’s Jewelry Store, Salem, OR. (25 & 29 September 1902). Advertisements: "An alarm clock of extra worth... Parker clock... " [with no illustrations]. The Daily Journal (Salem, Oregon). (Viewed 14 May 2020. H01514-15).



c. 1902 - clock in design catalogue

(c. 1902). Parker Clock Co. - alarm clock. In 1969 reprint, 1902 Sears Roebuck catalogue, p. 115. Bounty Books. (Viewed 9 May 2017. A02414-15.)

1903 - design catalogue (missing)

Charles Parker Company. (1903). [Catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. (Viewed 29 June 2020. G01156-58).

1903 - news mention

(May 1903). News mention: "The Charles Parker Company, of Meriden, Conn., has gone into the manufacture of new lines of lavatory and gas fixtures. The new department is now in charge of [sic] Chas. L. Lyon, formerly superintendent of the Malleable Iron Company, of Meriden, Conn." House Furnishing Review, p. 334. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01136.)


1903 advertisements

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1903 - five advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (January-May 1903). Advertisements: "An Artistic Article... Can be found all the qualities requisite in a perfect lamp..." (with illustration of lamp). House Furnishing Review. (Viewed 7 October 2017. G01149; G01156-58; .)

1903 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Co. (April - June 1903). Advertisements: "The ’Parker’ ball bearing, rapid grinding coffee mill... patent ball bearing axle... making them the fastest grinders ever offered... " [with illustration of coffee mill]. Hardware Dealer’s Magazine. (Viewed 23 December 2021. F01124-26).

  • Offline - 1 April 1903, presumably p. 709; 1 May 1903, presumably p. 782; 1 June 1903, presumably p. 943. (See worldcat.org for possible locations.)



1903 patents

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1903 - patent - spring mechanism for shade-rollers

William D. Harned, assignor to Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (3 March 1903; filed 14 November 1902). Letters patent no. 721,699; serial no. 131,423: Spring mechanism for shade-rollers. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02669).

1903 - patent - device for attaching window-shades to rollers

William H. Lyon, assignor to Charles Parker Co. (4 August 1903; filed 2 September 1902). Letters patent no. 735,540; serial no. 121,812: Device for attaching window-shades to rollers. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02633).



1904 - six advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (July-December 1904). Advertisements: "’The Parker’ ball bearing, rapid grinding coffee mill..." Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 1 October 2017. G00466; G00474; G00942; G00948; G00952; G00978.)


1904 patents

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1904 - patent - spring mechanism for shade-rollers

William D. Harned, assignor to Meriden Curtain Fixture Company. (17 May 1904; filed 9 May 1903). Letters patent no. 759,883; serial no 156,326: Spring mechanism for shade-rollers. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02670).

1904 - patent - pawl machanism for spring shade-rollers

Amos M. Doolittle, assignor to Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. (27 December 1904; filed 14 November 1902). Letters patent no. 778,571; serial no. 131,436: Pawl machanism for spring shade-rollers. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02671).



1905 advertisements

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1905 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1 February 1905). Advertisement: "The ’Parker’ Ball, Bearing, Rapid Grinding Coffee Mill... Catalogues free. The Chas. Parker Co. ... " [with illustration of coffee mill]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 334. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01127).

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1905 - three advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (1 July, 1 August, 1 September 1905). Advertisements: "The ’Parker’ Ball, Bearing, Rapid Grinding Coffee Mill... Catalogues free. The Chas. Parker Co. ... " [with illustration of coffee mill]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01128-30).

* See worldcat.org for possible locations: 1 July 1905, p. 159; 1 August 1905, p. 341; 1 September 1905, p. 535.



c. 1905 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1905). [Catalogue including coffee mills]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F01127).

  • Offline - citation - Charles Parker Company. (1 February 1905). Advertisement: "The ’Parker’ Ball, Bearing, Rapid Grinding Coffee Mill... Catalogues free. The Chas. Parker Co. ... " Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 334. See worldcat.org for locations.

1905 - patent - article of wire furniture

Lewis F. Griswold, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (4 July 1905; filed 27 May 1904). Letters patent no. 793,783; serial no. 210,064: Article of wire furniture. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02632).

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). "Charles Parker Company" section including illustrations of buildings, (pp. 48-54). (Also, "The Meriden Curtain Fixture Co.", (pp. 54-6). In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part III). 1248 pp overall. (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)

1906 - historical information

Gillespie, Charles Bancroft & Curtis, George Munson. (1906). Biographies of Charles Parker Company management: Charles Parker [pp. 310-16 including portrait); Dexter Parker (pp. 316-17 including portrait (p. 313) and house (p. 315)]. In A century of Meriden: A historic record and pictorial description of the town of Meriden, Connecticut and the men who made it, from earliest settlement to close of its first century of incorporation, (Part II). 1248 pp overall. (Viewed 19 November 2016. A00791-92.)


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1906 - advertisement

Young & McCombs, Rock Island, IL. (17 May 1906). Advertisement: "... 10 day sale of china and glassware... Leading Lights from our mammoth lamp section... Chas. Parker Lamps... Hanging Lamps... Nickel Plated Stand Lamps..." [with no illustrations]. The Argus, p. 3. (Viewed 23 April 2020. D01291-92).

1906 - two advertisements

C. W. Hoskins, Beaver, OK. (November 1906). Advertisements: "...The Parker Clock, the best... " [with no illustrations]. The Beaver Herald (Beaver, Oklahoma). (Viewed 1 June 2020. H01920-23).

1906 - two advertisements

C. W. Hoskins, Beaver, OK. (6 & 13 December 1906). Advertisement: "...The Parker Clock, the best... " [with no illustrations]. The Beaver Herald (Beaver, Oklahoma). (Viewed 7 May 2020. H01434-35).



1907 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1907). Chas. Parker Co.: Piano and organ stools, chairs, benches, cabinet, scarfs, and covers. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00037.)

1907 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1907). Six reprinted pages from Chas. Parker Co.: Piano and organ stools, chairs, benches, cabinet, scarfs, and covers (1907). In The Parker Story (pp. 935-40, 942-43), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00037; A00650. DM.)


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1907 - advertisement

F. C. Helt, presumably Delta, CO. (26 April 1907). Advertisement: "Big clock sale... Parker clocks... " [with no illustrations]. The Delta Independent (Delta, Colorado), presumably p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 23 April 2020. C01201).

1907 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (10 December 1907). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables; Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures... New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 9, col. 2. (Viewed 29 June 2020. F01271).



1908 - spotlighted article mention

(4 July 1908). The fame of Meriden is world wide; articles manufactured here are to be seen in almost every country (with mention of Charles Parker Co. [clocks / vises]). Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01621).

"... Millions of people are awakened each morning by the silvery call to business of the alarm clocks manufactured by the Charles Parker Co., and thousands of men every day stand at benches where their work is held in vises manufactured by the same company... " (Excerpt from above.)



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1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (2 April 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 30 June 2020. F01293).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (11 June 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 23 October 2020. F01624).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (4 July 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures... " [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 22 October 2020. F01622).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (8 September 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01297).

1908 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (15 December 1908). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01298).



1909 - design catalogue

Benj. Allen & Co. (wholesaler). (1909). Annual illustrated price list: Watches, diamonds, jewelry, sterling silver and silver plated ware, cut glass, clocks and optical goods. [Thirty-sixth catalogue. Including Parker alarm clocks (with illustrations), pp. 665-666, 673.] Chicago: Benj. Allen & Co. (Viewed 29 April 2020. H01254).


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1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (6 April 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01299).

1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 2 July 2020. F01300).

1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (23 September 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, col. 2. (Viewed 23 October 2020. F01627).

1909 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (14 December 1909). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of The Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 3 July 2020. F01347).

1909 - advertisement

Hall-Ekfelt Furniture Co., presumably Ottumwa, IA. (16 December 1909). Advertisement: "... Handsome Mission Alarm Clock... Chas. Parker Co. ... " [with illustration of clock]. Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa), p. 8, cols. 1-4. (Viewed 30 April 2020. H01290).


1910s

1910 advertisements

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1910 - advertisement

The Charles Parker Co. (1 January 1910). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Gas and electric portables, gimlet-pointed wood screws, vises, coffee and spice mills, bath room fixtures... New York office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7. (Viewed 31 January 2021. R00213).

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1910 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (5 April 1910). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker Gun; Parker Lamp; Gas and Electric Portables, Gimlet-Pointed Wood Screws, Vises, Coffee and Spice Mills, Bath Room Fixtures; New York Office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 2. (Viewed 11 July 2020. L01513).



1911 - article mention

(2 February 1911). Canadian goods are welcome here; local manufacturers not afraid of new tariff understanding with Canada if English and German goods are not imported over the border [with mention of William H. Lyon, secretary of the Charles Parker Co.] Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 2, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 30 October 2020. F01710).


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1911 - advertisement

Charles Parker Co. (7 January 1911). Advertisement: "... Manufacturers of the Parker gun; Parker lamp; Gas and electric portables, gimlet-pointed wood screws, vises, coffee and spice mills, bath room fixtures... New York office 32 Warren Street" [with no illustrations]. Meriden Morning Record, p. 7, col. 1. (Viewed 29 June 2021. R00214).

1911 - two advertisements

Charles Parker Company. (16 February 1911). Advertisement: "The Charles Parker Co., Meriden, Conn., Manufacturers of the Parker Gun, Parker Lamp... Vises..." Meriden Weekly Republican, p. 3, column 2 and p. 7. column 2. (Viewed 12 September 2017. G00249; G00251.)



1911 patents

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1911 - patent - alarm-clock

Henry Wachtelhausen, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (25 April 1911; filed 15 December 1910). Letters patent no. 990,465; serial no. 597,411: Alarm-clock. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02672).

1911 - patent - coffee-mill

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (1 August 1911; filed 29 March 1911). Letters patent no. 999,684; serial no. 617,551: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02634).

1911 - patent - design for an alarm-clock case

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (12 December 1911; filed 1 June 1911). Design no. 41,967; serial no. 630,682: Design for an alarm-clock case. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02635).



c. 1911 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1911). Piano and organ stools, chairs, benches, etc. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00037.)

c. 1911 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1911). Two illustrations of piano scarves reprinted from Piano and organ stools, chairs, benches, etc. (1911). In The Parker Story (p. 944), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00037; A00650. DM.)

1912 - patent - design for a clock-case

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (3 December 1912; filed 19 June 1912). Design no. 43,331; serial no. 704,687: Design for a clock-case. (Viewed 27 April 2018. AAA02636).

c. 1912 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1912). [Catalogue, including bathroom fixtures, match safes, cigar rests and brush holders]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

c. 1912 - design catalogue pages reprint

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1912). [Five catalogue pages, showing bathroom fixtures; match safes, cigar rests and brush holders]. Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 901-05), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).


1913 advertisements

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1913 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (1913). Advertisement in Meriden City Directory (1913). (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.) [6]

1913 - two advertisements

Eaton Chase Company, Norwich, CT. (1 & 2 October 1913). Advertisement: "... The very latest designs of Gas and Electric Reading and Decorative Portable Lamps. Designs from ... Chas. Parker Co., Meriden... " [with no product illustrations]. Norwich Bulletin (Connecticut), presumably p. 7, col. 8. (Viewed 1 June 2020. H01913-14).



1913 - patent - design for an alarm-clock case

Henry W. Wachtelhausen, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (25 November 1913; filed 16 July 1913). Design no. 44,946; serial no. 779,403: Design for an alarm-clock case. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02695).

1914 - design catalogue

Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company. (1914). Wyeth’s Annual Catalogue (1914 Hardware Edition, catalog no. 104). [Includes Parker coffee mill (with illustration), p. 609.] St. Joseph, Missouri: Wyeth Hardware & Manufacturing Company. (Viewed 27 April 2020. H01227).


1914 patents

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1914 - patent - hair-spring regulator

Henry Wachtelhausen, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (14 July 1914; filed 19 June 1912). Letters patent no. 1,103,551; serial no. 704,572: Hair-spring regulator. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02673).

1914 - patent - clock

Eli M. Walker, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (14 July 1914; filed 19 June 1912). Letters patent no. 1,103,552; serial no. 704,564: Clock. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02674).



1915 - spotlighted advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (7 July 1915). Advertisement: "Lamp Exhibit; Dates extended; The household lamp displays at the Edison Show Rooms... will be continued for two weeks more... Charles Parker Co. ... " [with no specific product illustrations]. New York Tribune, p. 2, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 21 April 2020. D01248-49).


1915 - other advertisements

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1915 - advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (7 June 1915). Advertisement: "... Dates extended; The household lamps display... will be continued for two weeks more... Charles Parker Co. ..." [with no product illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 2, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 12 August 2020. L02000-01).

1915 - advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (7 July 1915). Advertisement: "Lamp Exhibit; Dates extended; The household lamp displays at the Edison Show Rooms... will be continued for two weeks more... Charles Parker Co. ... " [with no specific product illustrations]. Evening Post (New York), p. 7, cols. 2-3. (Viewed 30 April 2020. H01279-80).

1915 - advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (28 July 1915). Advertisement: "Electric Lamp Art; Latest developments in electric lamps may be seen at our various Show Rooms... The exhibits have been made by the following manufacturers... Parker Co., The Charles... " [with no specific product illustrations]. The Evening World (New York), p. 10, cols. 1-2. (Viewed 21 April 2020. D01242-43).

1915 - advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (28 July 1915). Advertisement: "Electric Lamp Art; Latest developments in electric lamps may be seen at our various Show Rooms... The exhibits have been made by the following manufacturers... Parker Co., The Charles... " [with no specific product illustrations]. The Sun (New York), p. 2, cols. 7-8. (Viewed 21 April 2020. D01244-45).

1915 - advertisement - Charles Parker Co. in NY exhibition

New York Edison Company. (28 July 1915). Advertisement: "Electric Lamp Art; Latest developments in electric lamps may be seen at our various Show Rooms... The exhibits have been made by the following manufacturers... Parker Co., The Charles... " [with no specific product illustrations]. New York Tribune, p. 4, cols. 5-6. (Viewed 21 April 2020. D01246-47).



1915 - historical information

Marquis, Albert Nelson. (1915). "Dexter Parker", (p. 820). In Who’s who in New England, (2nd ed.). 1207 pp. A. N. Marquis & Company: Chicago. (Viewed 17 June 2016. A00861-62.)

1915 - patent - spring-motor

Henry W. Wachtelhausen, assignor to Parker Clock Company. (9 November 1915; filed 14 May 1915). Letters patent no. 1,1159,437; serial no. 27,988: Spring-motor. (Viewed 28 April 2018. AAA02666).

1916 - advertisement

Charles Parker Company. (May 1916). Advertisement: "For 4 score years have been making, talking and selling Coffee Mills... Send for our latest catalog... " Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 961. (Viewed 30 June 2020. F01288).

c. 1916 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1916). [Catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. No copy known to be in a public library. (Viewed 30 June 2020. F01288).

1917 - historical information

(1917). Encyclopedia of Connecticut biography, vol 4. [On Charles Parker, (pp. 262-64).] The American Historical Society, Inc.: Boston, New York, Chicago. (Viewed 27 November 2016. AAA00507-09.)

1917 - patent - coffee-mill

Thomas J. Conklin, assignor to Charles Parker Company. (4 December 1917; filed 6 February 1917). Letters patent no. 1,248,458; serial no. 146,876: Coffee-mill. (Viewed 29 April 2018. AAA02675).

1918 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1918). Piano and organ stools, etc. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00037.)

1918 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1918). One reprinted page from Piano and organ stools, etc. (1918). In The Parker Story (p. 941), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00037; A00650. DM.)

1918 - map / illustration

(1918). Aero view of Meriden, Connecticut. [Including 5 illustrations of Charles Parker Co. – lamps, fixtures, spice and coffee mills: 48 Elm Street; Parker Bros.: 26 Cherry Street; Parker Clock Co.: 600 West Main Street] Hughes & Bailey: Boston. (Viewed 2 July 2016. A01020-21.)

1918 - company listing

(1918). Manufacturers and their products... Wallingford (Yalesville) ... "Parker, Chas. Co. ... Piano stools and wood work... " In State of Connecticut Public Document No. 33; Sixth Biennial Report of the Factory Inspection Department to the Governor for the Two Years ending September 30, 1918, (p. 75). State of Connecticut: Hartford. (Viewed 1 October 2020. E01622-27).

1918 - news mention

(15 February 1918). Commercial space leased ["Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd, with William H. Whiting & Co., have leased for Ralph M. Ward the store and basement at 25 Murray street to the Charles Parker Company."] The Sun (New York), p. 9, col. 2. (Viewed 13 October 2018. B01002).


1918 advertisements

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1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co., New York. (June 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Double Swivel Vises No. 429... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories... Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ..." [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 1166. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01150; F01290).

1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (August 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Improved Series No. 21x Swivel Vises... Send for our catalog... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories, Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 242. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01151; F01292).

1918 - advertisement

Chas. Parker Co. (October 1918). Advertisement: "Parker’s Double Swivel Vises No. 429... Send for our catalog... Hardware, Wood Screws, Coffee Mills, Bath Room Accessories, Gas and Electric Lamps, Etc. ... " [with illustration of vise]. Hardware Dealers’ Magazine, p. 663. (Updated 30 June 2020. F01152; F01291).

1918 - advertisement

Young & McCombs, Rock Island, IL. (31 October 1918). Advertisement: "The big Christmas store is ready! ... Cut Glass China and Metal Wares... Parker Bros.’ [sic] fine Electric Table Lamps; all metal finished, in brush brass, with art glass shades... " The Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, Illinois), p. 3, col. 8. (Viewed 23 April 2020. D01289-90).



c. 1918 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1918). [catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (See 1918 design catalogue listings above; may be same catalogue.) Viewed 10 July 2019. F01151).

c. 1919 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1919). Parker coffee mills (catalogue no. 52). 12 pp. (Viewed 20 July 2016. A01084.)

1919 - design catalogue excerpts reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1919). Cover from Parker coffee mills (1919). Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 971), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00050. DM.)

c. 1919 - design catalogue excerpts reprint

(c. 1919). Two reprinted pages of “Parker lamps” from unspecified distributor catalogue (c. 1919). In The Parker Story (p. 929-30), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)


1920s

1920 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1920). Mills: Coffee, drug and spice. 64 pp. (Updated 7 May 2017. A01085.)

1920 - price list

Charles Parker Company. (1920). [Net Price List of Piano and Organ Stools, Chairs and Benches]. (Two versions.) Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 2 June 2016.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara.

1921 - design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1921). “Catalog no. 33, 1921-22”. 46 pp. Meriden, CT. ("Includes Dec 1921 and Jan 1922 net price lists.) (Updated 7 May 2017. A00649.)

1921 - price list

Charles Parker Company. (1921). [Net Price List of Piano and Organ Stools, Chairs and Benches]. Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 2 June 2016.)

  • Offline - University of California, Santa Barbara.

c. 1923 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1923). [Catalogue, including No. 128 cork puller and Rapid Lemon Squeezer.] Number of pages unknown. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

c. 1923 - design catalogue page reprint

Charles Parker Company. (c. 1923). [Catalogue page showing No. 128 cork puller and Rapid Lemon Squeezer.] Reprinted in The Parker Story (p. 906), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Viewed 10 July 2019. F001163).

1927 - article

(4 January 1927). Sterling Clock Co. planning to open Parker Clock Shop. Meriden Record, p. 1, col. 5 & p. 2, col. 5. (Viewed 16 July 2019. H01087-90).

"... the Sterling Clock company... has just leased the 35,000 square feet of floor space of the old Parker Clock company’s plant on West Main street and bought all the machinery of that factory... " (Excerpt from above.)


1928? - photos of clock

(1928?). Two photos of clock by Parker Clock Co. (presumably the same, interior and exterior). (Viewed 16 October 2020. F01521-22).

  • Online - Irrigation Research Papers, CSU Archives and Special Collections, Colorado State University, Fort Collins: Photo 1; 2.


1930s

1930 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1930). Lamp catalogue. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.)

1930 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1930). Two reprinted pages from Lamp catalogue (1930). In The Parker Story (p. 931-32), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)

1936 - spotlighted article mention

Snow, William G. (17 April 1936). Meriden’s silverware industry history [with mention of Parker & Casper Co. and Charles Parker]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page numbers. (Viewed 30 December 2020. D01699).


1936 - other articles

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1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). The year each business was established [with mention: "Parker, The Chas. Co. Est. 1832"]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 7 February 2021. F01935).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Chronological list of business firms [with mention: "1832— Parker, The Chas. Co. ... "]. The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 7 February 2021. F01934).

1936 - article mention

(17 April 1936). Changes in fifty years; in business concerns (with mention: "concerns listed [in 1886] that have gone out of existence ... Parker & Whipple Co., clocks ... Meriden Curtain Fixture Co. ..."). The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 7 February 2021. F01913).

1936 - article mention

Newton, C. A. (17 April 1936). Chamber of Commerce[;] Its many activities (with mention: "Brought to Meriden the Delaney Co. which purchased the [Meriden] Curtain Fixture property. Paid $3,000 toward moving expenses"). The Meriden Daily Journal [Fiftieth Anniversary issue (1886-1936)], unknown page number. (Viewed 26 November 2020. F01911).



1939 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company. (1939). Parker Benches (catalogue no. 40). Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Updated 9 July 2019. AAA00037.)

1939 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company. (1939). Three reprinted pages from Parker Benches (catalogue no. 40) (1939). In The Parker Story (pp. 945-47), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00037; A00650. DM.)


1940s

c. 1940 - missing design catalogue

Charles Parker Company, Bradley & Hubbard Division. (c. 1940). Brochure with Rayo lamp. Number of pages unknown. No copy in a public library known to exist. (Viewed 23 July 2016. AAA00038.)

c. 1940 - design catalogue excerpt reprint

Charles Parker Company, Bradley & Hubbard Division. (c. 1940). One reprinted page from brochure with Rayo lamp (c. 1940). In The Parker Story (p. 933), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038; A00650. DM.)

c. 1945 - promotional booklet

Charles Parker Co. (c. 1945). An account of the past and the present activities of the Charles Parker Company and the Bradley & Hubbard Division. 28 pp. unnumbered. Meriden, CT. (Updated 4 May 2017. A00480; AAA00015. DM.)

1947 - secondary source

May, Earl Chapin. (1947). "Parker & Casper" mention, (p. 118); "Charles Parker" mentions, (pp. 9, 39, 67, 78, 80, 84). In Century of silver, 1847-1947; Connecticut Yankees and a noble metal. 388 pp. New York: E.M. McBride & Company. (Viewed 15 March 2017. DM.)

1949 - Charles Parker Co. in MoMA exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York. (1949). The house in the museum garden (by Marcel Breuer) at Museum of Modern Art, New York (12 April - 30 October 1949). (Updated 6 May 2018. AAA02153; AAA02943-44.)

> Exhibited: Charles Parker Company bathroom cabinets and accessories.


1950s

1956 - historical information

Wendover, Sanford H. (1956). On Charles Parker Company, (p. 84-5; 178-79). In 150 years of Meriden. Meriden: Meriden Sesquicentennial Committee. (Published in connection with the observance of the city’s sesquicentennial, June 17-23, 1956). (Viewed 27 November 2016. A00789-90.)

1956 - historical information

Wendover, Sanford H. (1956). Photo of unspecified Charles Parker Company building, (photo section after page 276). In 150 years of Meriden. Meriden: Meriden Sesquicentennial Committee. (Published in connection with the observance of the city’s sesquicentennial, June 17-23, 1956). (Viewed 27 November 2016. A00789-90.)


1960s

1962 - article mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (May 1962). American cut glass patterns [with mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 16-7. (Viewed 22 July 2021. R01584).

1965 - book mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (1965). Parker & Casper mention, (p. 81). In American cut and engraved glass. Nelson. (Unconfirmed. Viewed 8 August 2020. AAA0613; L01962).

1966 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "International Silver Co." [with mention of Parker & Casper], (pp. 82-3). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 20 August 2020. L01882-83 L01900-01).

1966 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T. (1966). "Parker & Casper Co." , (p. 131). In American silver manufacturers: Their marks, trademarks and history. Everybodys Press: Hanover, PA. (Viewed 8 August 2020. L01882-83; L01913).

1967 - unpublished document

Callahan Nolan, Mollie. (October 1967). Early glass craftsmen in Meriden. Unpublished document: summaries of company activities including "Parker and Casper, 1867-1869". 4 pp. (Viewed 10 August 2017. AAA00632.)

  • Offline - Meriden Public Library, "Meriden - Industries - Glass" file.

"Charles Casper and Charles Parker operated a glasscutting shop on Pratt Street, corner of Catlin Street, producing caster bottles, sugar dredgers, mustard and salt linings and other items used with silver fittings by several local silverware manufacturers. The cuttings were usually various styles of flutes and copperwheel engraving.

In 1869 this shop absorbed into the Wilcox Silverplate Company and the Meriden Silver Plate Company". [Full excerpt from above.]


1968 - article mention

Revi, Albert Christian. (March 1968). American Art Nouveau lamps (part one) [with mention and illustration of Charles Parker Co. lamp]. Spinning Wheel, pp. 15-7. (Viewed 21 July 2021. R01567).

1969 - exhibition catalogue - Charles Parker and Company in New Haven exhibition

(1969). An exhibition of Connecticut pewter catalogue [c. April - 14 June 1969], 72 pp. [New Haven, CT: New Haven Colony Historical Society (now New Haven Museum); exhibited design: Charles Parker and Company. (c. 1849). Teapot. (Private lender), pp. 37-8]. (Viewed 14 November 2018. D00560; L00851-54).

1969 - article mention

(28 March 1969). Arguments are reheated over rezoning mansion (mention: "The Charles Parker Company [set to move] into the vacated New Departure-Hyatt Bearings building"). The Morning Record, pp. 1, 24. (Viewed 28 November 2020. F01947).

  • Online - Google News.
  • For better copy, see worldcat.org for possible locations, or contact area public library.


1970s

1971 - article mention

(29 May 1971). The end of a landmark [microfiche version may or may not have an accompanying photo of mansion of some kind; with mentions of Jedediah Wilcox, the mansion, Charles Parker and Charles Parker Co.]. The Morning Record, p. 6. (Viewed 1 February 2021. R00981). [1]

  • Offline - see worldcat.org or contact area library.

"The 101-year-old Jedediah Wilcox mansion... is finally falling victim to the house wrecker... The demolition puts an end to protracted, but unsuccessful efforts to preserve the building as a monument to the flowering of the Victorian era in New England. Jedediah Wilcox, a local woolen manufacturer... built the building... A few years later Wilcox went bankrupt, and Charles Parker, founder of the Charles Parker Co. ... bought the house which was occupied by successive generations of the Parker family for many years. Subsequently, the house was used for a convalescent home, until that operation became unprofitable...

Under the circumstances— a decaying building, with no possibility of restoring it to its former glory— there remained no choice but to remove it in the interest of public safety... On the fortunate side is the fact that the furnishings and decor of some of the more impressive rooms were removed several years ago to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City where they have been restored, thus preserving a segment of the gracious living of the past, particularly as it was lived in Meriden." (Excerpt from above.)


1973 - spotlighted news mention - Charles Parker Co. in exposition

(17 September 1973). Governor at big E today; Local firms are exhibitors. Meriden Record newspaper, p. 8. [Article mentions Charles Parker Co. as exhibitor in Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA, 14 - 23 September 1973, with details about exhibited wares.] (Updated 26 November 2018. AAA00375-77; D00599.)

  • Online - Google News.
  • Offline - (15 August 1973). Private enterprise plans Big E exhibits [including mention of opening and closing dates and Charles Parker Co.]. Hartford Courant, p. 21. (See worldcat.org for locations.)

Exhibited by Charles Parker Co., "the oldest manufacturing company in Connecticut", "an historical display of products dating from the company’s founding in 1832. Included will be nineteenth century spectacles, coffee mills, sewing birds, clocks, lighting fixtures, cremation urns and Civil War rifles manufactured for the Kentucky militia and the U. S. Army. A series of period photographs and catalogues depicting the evolution of Parker Company products will bring visitors up to date for a display of Parker products currently manufactured in Connecticut." (Excerpt from 17 Sept 1973 article above.)


1980s

1980 - C. Parker in RISD Museum exhibition

(n. d.). A case for boxes exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (16 October - 16 November 1980) webpage. [C. Parker spectacles case, and possibly C. Parker spectacles, exhibited.] (Viewed 15 April 2020. D01143).

1988 - secondary source

Vumbaco, Brenda J. (1988). On Charles Parker and Charles Parker Company, [p. 37-8, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59 (reprinted photo of mansion), 66, 73, 74 - portrait]. In Meriden – Connecticut crossroads: An illustrated history. 144 pages. Windsor Publications: Northridge, CA. (Viewed 29 November 2016. A00804.)


1990s

1994-95 - Charles Parker Co. in Dallas exhibition

Venable, Charles L et al. (1994). Silver in America, 1840-1940: A century of splendor exhibition catalogue / book. [Exhibition venue: Dallas Museum of Art, 6 November 1994 - 29 January 1995.] Curated by Charles L. Venable. (Viewed 21 August 2016. AAA00075.)

c. 1998-2000 - secondary source

(c. 1998-2000). The Parker story. The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. (Updated 24 April 2017. A00650. DM.)


2000s

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "G. I. Mix & Co.", Charles Parker, Parker Mfg. Co., C. I. Yale Mfg. Co., (p. 164). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 24 August 2017. A02936a,b.)

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "International Silver Company" [with mention of Parker & Casper], (pp. 116-20). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 14 September 2020. A02925a-c(-)27a-c).

2004 - encyclopedia entry

Rainwater, Dorothy T.; Fuller, Martin; Fuller, Collette. (2004). "Parker & Casper Britannia Co.", "Parker & Casper Co.", "Charles Parker Co.", "Parker & Whipple Co.", (pp. 180-81). Encyclopedia of American silver manufacturers, (revised and expanded 5th ed.). Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, PA. (Viewed 4 August 2020. A02943a,b).

2005 - key article

D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (October 2005). American art brass. Antiques, pp. 100-09. (Viewed 26 January 2017. AAA00562.)

  • See worldcat.org for locations.

2005-07 - Charles Parker Co. in exhibition

D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (2005). Brass Menagerie: Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement, (catalog of exhibition held at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, and Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, NY). (Includes "The Charles Parker Company", section pp. 42-48.) (Updated 19 April 2017. A00008-09; A00692; A00962-63. DM.)

2006 - Charles Parker Co. in book

Zukowski, Karen. (2006). Creating the artful home: The Aesthetics movement, (pp. 101-02, including photograph of a Charles Parker Company oil lamp, c. 1885). Gibbs Smith. 176 pp. (Viewed 3 August 2016. A01096.)

2007 - article mention

Turano, Andrew F. and Smith, Robert G. (Summer 2007). Isaac Chauncy Lewis, britannia worker [with mention of Charles Parker, Parker spoon factory, with illustration of C. Parker mark]. The Bulletin (Pewter Collector’s Club of America), vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 3-18. (Viewed 25 February 2021. R01341).


2010s

2010 - secondary source

Franco, Janis Leach. (2010). Illustration of Charles Parker (p. 34); photo of Charles Parker mansion, 816 Broad Street, (p. 43). Reprinted in: Meriden. Arcadia Publishing: Charleston, SC. Viewed 15 December 2016. DM.

2014 - newsletter article

Mitchell, Bruce. (June 2014). The Meriden glass industry: A brief history [including mention of Parker & Casper]. Museum of Connecticut Glass website. (Viewed 3 May 2020. H01231).

2016 - article / video presentation

Butkus, Paul. (19 March 2016). The famed Wilcox mansion and its demise. [On the mansion owned by Jedediah Wilcox and later Charles Parker, with video lecture by Brian Cofrancesco.]

2016-17 - exhibition catalogue - Charles Parker Company in Cornell and Sacramento exhibitions

Green, Nancy and Reed, Christopher (Eds.) JapanAmerica: Points of contact, 1876-1970 exhibition catalogue. [Exhibitions at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (27 August - 18 December 2016) and Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (12 February - 21 May 2017); exhibited design: Charles Parker Company. (c. 1885). Table. (Lender: MWPAI, Utica, NY).] (Updated 21 November 2018. A01431-33; AAA00551-55; C00395.)


2019 press releases

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2019 - press release mention - Charles Parker Co. design(s) in Met exhibition

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (8 October 2019). Press release: Met Receives major gift of late 19th-century American decorative arts and paintings from Barrie and Deedee Wigmore for museum’s 150th anniversary; nearly 50 highlights on view beginning December 2 [with mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Metropolitan Museum of Art press office, New York. (Viewed 13 December 2021. Q01005).

2019 - press release mention

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (21 November 2019). Press release: Met receives major gift of late 19th-century American decorative arts and paintings from Barrie and Deedee Wigmore for museum’s 150th anniversary [with mention of Charles Parker Co. and forthcoming exhibition]. Metropolitan Museum of Art press office, New York. (Viewed 13 December 2021. Q01007).

"The Wigmores were among the first to recognize the significance of ’art brass’ (decorative objects made of bronze), and their impressive holdings include exuberant work by principal makers, notably the Charles Parker Company in Meriden, Connecticut." (Excerpt from above.)




2019 articles

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2019 - article mention

Carter-Lome, Maxine. (13 August 2019). Freshly ground; A look at antique coffee grinders [with mention of Charles Parker Co.]. Journal of Antiques website. (Viewed 14 December 2021. Q01009).

"... Other notable American manufacturers [of coffee grinders] include... The Charles Parker Co. ... " (Excerpt from above.)


2019 - article mention - Charles Parker Co. design(s) in Met exhibition

(New York). (21 November 2019). Met receives major gift of late 19th-century American decorative arts and paintings from Barrie and Deedee Wigmore [with mention of Charles Parker Company]. ArtfixDaily website. (Viewed 13 December 2021. Q01006).

"... their impressive holdings include exuberant work by principal makers, notably the Charles Parker Company in Meriden, Connecticut... " (Excerpt from above.)




2019-21 - exhibition webpage - Charles Parker Co. in Metropolitan Museum of Art show

(2 December 2019 - 18 April 2021). Exhibition webpage for Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [With no specific mention of Charles Parker Co.]. (Viewed 13 December 2021. Q01003).


2020s

2020 - article mention - Charles Parker Co. design(s) in Met exhibition

Shustack, Mary. (1 March 2020). Splendors indeed [about Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, New York, Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore, including Charles Parker Co.]. WAG (Local Business & Lifestyles) (Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT). (Viewed 14 December 2021. Q01008).

"... From a wildly intricate brass étagère created by The Charles Parker Co. ... the sumptuous objects featured in “Aesthetic Splendors: Highlights from the Gift of Barrie and Deedee Wigmore” offer nothing less than a tour-de-force walk through the designs of an historic period..."


n. d.

n. d. - design catalogue

Parker & Whipple. (undated). [Unspecified catalogue]. Number of pages unknown. (Accession no. KX.92.5.1. Viewed 31 August 2020. E01297).

n. d. - trade card

Morrison & Carter, Boston, MA. (undated). Trade card: "... Morrison & Carter, Manufacturers’ Agents, Representing The Charles Parker Company, Faience and Library Lamps, Meriden, Conn. ..." (Ref. code: EP001.01.016.01.03.013. Viewed 10 October 2017. G01273.)

n. d. - Wikipedia entry

(undated). "Charles Parker Company" entry. Wikipedia.org. (Viewed 18 December 2021).

n. d. - archival folder

Parker Clock Company. (undated). Archival folder - various items, unspecified. (Viewed 2 September 2017. G00126.)

n. d. - PGCA Forums

(Undated). Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums. [An important source to see scans of excerpted bits of primary source documentation contributed by various forum members, especially guns, vises, and sometimes other Parker Co. documentation.]

n. d. - map

(Undated). Charles Parker (Iron Spoon Works) - fire insurance map. (Viewed 15 May 2017. A02437.)

  • Offline - Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, c. 1724-1977, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian, Washington, DC, Box 1, Folder 4, no. 4915. (Link to finding aid.)



Click the following link to see designs and documentation for other historical companies from the Meriden area, and those that were connected to the International Silver Company; go to the historical Meriden design overview page and scroll down to section D: "ISC, predecessors & divisions" and E: "Other featured companies".


Footnote:
[1] "’C’. E. Parker" is not clearly legible in the online copy.

[2] Regarding "active 1832-1957", see D’Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. (2005). Brass menagerie: Metalwork of the aesthetic movement. Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. (ISBN: 0915895293), page 42. [A00692]

[3] "Parker & Casper" later became part of Wilcox Silver Plate Co. See inside front cover of Earl Chapin May’s A century of silver (1847-1947) (1947).

[4-6] Stated in The Parker Story (p. 918), (c. 1998-2000), The Parker Story Joint Venture Group. Meriden Public Library call no. R 683.4 PA V. 1 & V.2. Meriden Public Library call no. R 683.4 PA V.1 and V. 2 (link to library entry); Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Chicago, call no. TS536 .P38 1998 (link to library entry). (See worldcat.org for other locations.) (Updated 24 April 2017. AAA00038. DM.)